Baba Mountains
| Baba Mountains | ||
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 Looking east into the Pelagonian Plain |
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| Highest peak | Pelister ( 2601 m. Y. Y. ) | |
| location | North Macedonia | |
| part of | Pindus | |
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 0 ′ N , 21 ° 11 ′ E | |
| particularities | Third highest mountain range in Macedonia | |
The Baba Mountains ( Macedonian Баба Планина Baba Planina ) is a mountain range in the southwest of North Macedonia . It is part of the Pindus and separates Lake Prespa from Pelagonia . Its highest mountain is the Pelister with a height of 2601 m. i. J. , after whom the national park surrounding the mountain is named. The nearest town is Bitola to the east.
The Baba Mountains are the third highest in Macedonia after the Korab Mountains and the Šar Planina . In addition to the Pelister, the mountain range has nine other two-thousand-meter peaks. The mountain range divides the region's rivers so that the western ones flow into the Adriatic Sea and the eastern ones into the Aegean Sea .
Web links
Commons : Baba Mountains - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Pelister Vrh, Macedonia (English)
- Brief description on macedonia.com